‘QAnon shaman’ sentenced to 41 months in jail for US Capitol attack
- Shirtless, wearing a horned headdress and carrying an American flag, Jacob Chansley was one of the most recognisable symbols of the January 6 unrest
- The Trump supporter had left a handwritten note on the dais in the Senate chamber that said: ‘Justice is coming!’
Jacob Chansley, the self-proclaimed “QAnon Shaman” who wore a coyote-skin headdress into the Senate chamber, was sentenced to more than three years in prison for his role in the January 6 Capitol attack.
Chansley, 34, was sentenced on Wednesday to 41 months by US District Judge Royce Lamberth in Washington. The punishment was less than the 51 months prosecutors had requested for Chansley, who pleaded guilty in September to obstructing an official proceeding.
His lawyer Albert Watkins had asked that Chansley, who has been in custody since shortly after the riot, be given no additional jail time.
Filmed shirtless and carrying an American flag, Chansley quickly became one of the most recognisable symbols of the insurrection. The Donald Trump supporter left a handwritten note on a dais that then Vice-President Mike Pence had vacated as the riot unfolded. “It’s Only a Matter of Time,” the note said. “Justice is coming!”
Addressing the court before his sentencing, Chansley cut a very different figure, giving a long, rambling statement in which he expressed contrition for his “indefensible” January 6 actions, recounted his work with abused children and spoke of his love of Jesus and Gandhi.